Benchmark discovered a significant quantitative trait locus (“QTL”) for Streptococcus iniae resistance in tilapia that will be used to select broodstock with high levels of Streptococcus iniae resistance for the production of commercial fry.
The salmon were in excess of 1kg, matching the size of a small proportion of salmon grown on-land by the world’s leading salmon companies based in Norway and the Faroe Islands.
Mark Plampin will step down from his role of Chief Financial Officer.
Philippe Léger will hand over his role as Managing Director of Benchmark’s Advanced Nutrition and CEO of INVE Aquaculture to Athene Blakeman. The company recently celebrated 35 years of service to global aquaculture.
The new innovations, that will be added to the SEP-Art concept, will allow Artemia cysts to hatch in the dark and to suppress Vibrio growth.
CONAPESCA has inaugurated Genamex, which will produce certified shrimp broodstocks of high health and high genetic variety and will supply larvae production laboratories at a national level to improve the performance of crustacean production.
After just over 12 months of construction, Benchmark’s new facility, SalmoBreed Salten, has officially opened. The company said that the site is the most advanced land-based facility for the production of salmon eggs in the world.
A new study proposes an innovative enrichment strategy to produce Artemia nauplii rich in essential fatty acids and/or polar lipids, similarly to that of the wild copepods' lipid profile.
Feed Algae, a UK-based company, plans to build one of the world’s largest algae farms in Oman that will have the capacity to produce 100,000 tons of algae each year.
Foods of Norway has developed a new method for selecting salmon with higher feed efficiency with the potential to considerably reduce production costs and the environmental footprint of the aquaculture industry.
The Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory in Singapore has been working on a tilapia breeding program since 2011. The team wants to breed a “premium tilapia” that is tougher, grows faster, is disease resistant and rich on omega-3.
A multi-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by the Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) and Hendrix Genetics to share knowledge for the development of black tiger shrimp production in Bangladesh.
Aqua-Spark, an investment fund focused on sustainable aquaculture, has also invested in 16 complementary small to medium enterprises.
Hendrix Genetics partners with Salmones Aysen to provide genetic and breeding support for their coho salmon strain in Chile.
BernAqua achieved the Naturland certification for its organic feed, becoming the first larval feed producer to achieve this certification for larval feed under 300 microns in fish and in shrimps.
AlgaEnergy continues with its internationalization plan with the recent opening of subsidiaries in the United States and India.
Nofima has been working on the national breeding program for cod since 2003. Researchers have improved cod disease management, reduced deformities and mortality rate.
Salmon breeder and egg supplier AquaGen has signed a deal to buy Scottish Sea Farms’ freshwater hatchery at Holywood near Dumfries. This is a long-term strategic investment that will further improve fish welfare in Scotland.
Researchers from the University of Stirling, the University of Cádiz and IEO in Spain evaluated different feeding strategies during first feeding of Atlantic bluefin tuna larvae. IEO open a procedure for requesting access to its facilities to develop tuna projects.
SalmoBreed has announced plans to use state-of-the-art medical technology to enhance data collection from its broodstock families in a project that should benefit the global salmon industry.
